{"id":118052,"date":"2026-05-13T23:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=118052"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:56:38","slug":"golf-picks-pga-championship-best-bets-with-scheffler-the-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/golf\/golf-picks-pga-championship-best-bets-with-scheffler-the-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Picks: PGA Championship Best Bets with Scheffler the Favourite"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":118059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[781],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf"],"acf":{"auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"

No surprise \u2013 Scottie Scheffler is the <\/span>golf betting<\/u><\/span><\/a> favourite heading into the 108th 2026 PGA Championship, at Aronimink Golf Club, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, as of late afternoon Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s usually the way it is heading into majors. Scheffler is a Cyborg with TaylorMade clubs, with four majors under his belt, 20 PGA Tour wins overall. Rory McIlroy, coming off his second straight Masters win, is next in line, at +800.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheffler tees it off in the first round with Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose at 2:05 p.m. EST tomorrow. McIlroy tees off with Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm at 8:40 a.m. EST.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheffler has finished runner-up in his last three PGA Tour events \u2013 2nd place behind Cameron Young in the Cadillac Championship, losing in a playoff to Matt Fitzpatrick in the RBC Heritage, and finishing solo second, one shot behind McIlroy, in the Masters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet, because finishing second in a golf tournament is not bad,\u201d said Scheffler. \u201cEspecially in the way I did it in a couple of them. I was spotting guys so many strokes going into the weekend. The Masters, I didn\u2019t have very good chance going to the weekend there. You look at Hilton Head I didn\u2019t have very good chance going to the weekend there, and then, Cadillac, I finished solo second but really didn\u2019t have that good of a chance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, you\u2019re playing good golf, and you love to get some wins, and finishing second hurts. But I think when you reflect and you\u2019re looking at things to work on, you’re like, there\u2019s a lot less to clean up when you finish in second than there is when you\u2019re finishing 30th.\u201d<\/p>\n

BEST BETS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Betway, Scheffler is at +450, then McIlroy +800, Cameron Young +1100, Jon Rahm +1400, Ludvig Aberg +1600, Xander Schauffele +1600, Bryson DeChambeau +2000, Matt Fitzpatrick +2000, Tommy Fleetwood +2200 and Brooks Koepka +3300.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheffler to Win +450<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is the safest outright, plus he\u2019s defending PGA champion, with elite consistency. Aronimink Golf Club plays as a demanding par-70, 7,394 yards, emphasizing precision, strategic positioning, long-iron control, and quality approach over raw power.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheffler is a stellar ball striker and ranks at the top in total strokes gained: off the tee, approach the green, around the green, putting.<\/span><\/p>\n

He combines above-average distance off the tee with outstanding accuracy and shot-shaping, elite iron play and long iron control, bogey avoidance, plus the mental strength of his game \u2013 adjusting to firm\/fast versus soft conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau Top 10 Finish +210<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I like this one, since DeChambeau is built for Aronimink \u2013 it’s long and rewards aggressive drivers off the tee, overpowering the Par-4s. Few players teeing off this week can out-hit DeChambeau.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron Young To Win +1100<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Young has been gaining ground in odds, and for good reason \u2013 winning The Players Championship and Cadillac Championship, finishing third at the Masters, over the past two months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Notable: McIlroy Top 5 Finish +210, although he is dealing with a blister on his toe that forced him to stop practice yesterday. Still, a combination of major experience, length and confidence, who thrives on northeast championship golf courses, makes him one of my favourite bets going into Round 1 tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n"}],"brief_description":"All eyes on Masters champ Rory McIlroy, who's been dealing with a toe injury, cutting a practice round short yesterday","main_image":118060},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118061,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118052\/revisions\/118061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}